freighttrain

Looks like someone is selling a B&W version of this under the title "1943 SANTE FE RAILROAD 3266 FREIGHT TRAIN"

I bought the color version of this photo in a poster size several months ago. Some gunk got spilled on it and ruined it. Does anybody know the website that sells it? I can't find it and it's making me crazy. I found someone selling the B/W but it's the wrong size.

I worked in this yard as a switchman during the Spring, Summer, and Winter of 1977.

very cool - I'm going to take a photo of that corner when I go there again that's near where I keep my horses

amazing picture, a treasure. Thanks to the McCord Museum employees for this amazing work!

mette tristezza, ma è molto bella...

Hi, this photo has been discussed in one of the threads in the Flickr Commons group, and we'd love to have this added to the group pool!

I just came across this 1996 view:

Unbelievable shot. This guy was good, and man, did he get around!

The locomotive in this picture is number 5000, a 2-10-4 built in 1930 by Baldwin. It is now preserved in Amarillo, Texas. There's more information at the Wikipedia page about this locomotive.

Very interesting information! Thanks for your interest in the collection.

Yes, that's Madame Queen, an experimental 2-10-4 that gave rise to the 5001 class of 1938 and the 5011 class of 1944. The 5011 class were the last steam engines built for the Santa Fe and ran in helper service until 1957 in Abo Canyon, east of Belen. This passing siding is still protected by Automatic Block Signals using upper quadrant semaphores in this photo. Before WWII was over, heavy freight traffic caused this division to get Centralized Traffic Control with searchlight signals.

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Railroad Semaphore Signals of the World, and we'd love to have this added to the group!